On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:21 -0600, Hans Hagen
i'm wondering ... why do we need pagedir and bodydir?
========= http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/omega/ \pagedir The direction for pages (\shipout). \bodydir The direction for vboxes, including the main body of text. ========= Think of footnote numerals etc. IIRC: Without \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT the footnote numerals will appear on the left despite \pardir and \textdir. I still don't completely _separately_ understand \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT, but together they seem to make sense to me. Taco once started explainig these two to Hans and I a few months back but that thread was never completed... I'll look up where we left things off. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523